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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

looking for, and how you’re evaluating candidates. This creates an environment where people can understand what is expected and potentially ask for accommodations.” Have Authentic & Honest Conversations Transparency also extends to... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure systemic impacts.... View Details

21 Sep 2020
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Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

than creating an unpleasant situation among one’s fellow workers, engaging in bickering, or displaying surliness and stupidity.” The manual provides several other tips for stirring up “general interference... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader

include reflection, feedback, assessments, experimentation, and action planning in a safe, totally confidential, and supportive environment. Depending on the program format, coaching might take place in person, virtually, or in a blended... View Details

30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

experiment with generative artificial intelligence (AI)—ramifications of its use on practice are just starting to be examined. The research sheds light on the biases that digital platforms, whether a simple messaging solution or a... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

May 2016
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Health Systems in the Developing World

By: Kevin Schulman, Muhammed Pate and Gary Carbell

This note offers an approach to the evaluation of health care markets globally. It prepares students with a set of questions about the organization of core elements of the health care system. The organization of these elements can vary across markets and can vary in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Developing Countries and Economies; Public Sector; Private Sector; Opportunities; Analysis

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22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

as you went through that—not about the process or what you learned about the externalities of it, but maybe what you learned about yourself. KG: What I learned was the challenge of trying to save my life and then save the patients’ lives... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

the workforce, supplement your current role, or take on projects following retirement. We recognize that each situation is unique and encourage you to meet with an HBS career coach in order to take a... View Details

17 Jan 2018
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If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

of unfairness—leading lower-paid employees to shrug off their responsibilities or leave their jobs. In other words, Rouen explains, if employees feel their hard work isn’t being rewarded, “this pay disparity will create resentment.”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
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Malden Mills (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Thomas R. Piper and Bridget Gurtler

CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Situation or Environment; Ethics; Financing and Loans; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Massachusetts

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20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

descriptive information on both topics, but does not include detailed financial projections, which must be formulated by students or supplied, for discussion purposes, by the instructor. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

and 8 million employees out of work—three times the job losses seen by any other industry. While some restaurants began reopening in May and June, most featured only takeout, delivery, or outdoor dining options due to local restrictions.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

10 Mar 2022
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Business Schools Teaching Sustainability Want to Go Green

01 Mar 2024
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Action Plan: Wild at Heart

At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability

13 Nov 2023
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025)

told me to do three things: "Figure it out." Those three words became my mantra. Every challenge, whether it was understanding the intricacies of the helicopter mechanics or navigating the complex dynamics of leading soldiers, required me... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

research in his industry Arjun Bhandegaonkar Film studio executive Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an undergraduate, but the content... View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

positive conversation - like you, he/she wants a good outcome. Passion. Make sure you are interviewing for roles that you are genuinely passionate about. The interviewer wants to be excited about your conversation. Convey your agenda: three View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

involved or started a number of entrepreneurial ventures. While working three days a week at AOL, he bootstrapped Compare.com , which enabled customers to compare prices on everything from PCs to mortgages. Later, He worked for Open... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other leaders around the world. “I’m trying to understand the phenomenon by speaking with people on the ground,” he says. “This is deep, granular field research. I’m gaining an understanding that would be... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

individual and community perspectives as they relate to knowledge creation, reuse, and recombination for innovation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-065.pdf Will I Stay or Will I Go? Cooperative and Competitive... View Details